I am looking for information, drawings or an example of the rope drive kit for model engines made by Tiny Power, years ago.
I had one 15 years ago. It was usually built on a Tint Power Ajax engine.
Mine had the more massive Ajax flywheel mounted to a Stuart #9.
I don't have any drawings but I saved photos of it.
Enjoy,
Gil
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Thank you, Gil. The pictures really help when I recreate the drive. I see that you used round belting instead of twine. How did you glue the ends together? I was thinking of using O-ring material and using the O-ring glue. Brad
O-ring material should work well.
I have a few pictures of Rope Drive engines in my archives. I can dig up and post if that would be helpful.
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Thank you, I would love to see them. Brad
I posted them above, I also have a couple of Tiny Power catalogs with a picture and a write up about the rope drive that I can scan if you would like.
One you built on the Stuart Turner #9. Is the other an Elmer engine and rope drive? How difficult was it to splice the rope?Yes, I would love to see the catalog write up. I have 3 Tiny Power catalogs but all are too old to have this drive in them. Brad
Here is the rope drive at the Rollag, MN engine show.
Here is the scan from the catalog. The engine at Rollag was the inspiration for the Tiny Power model.
None of these engines are mine. I just took pictures of them sometime in the last 20 years. I will have to look through my Rollag Photos and see if I have any pictures of that one.
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Thank you, Jim. That was very helpful. I posted the pic of the Rollag rope drive. We used to have a factory here in Milwaukee that had a rope drive that powered all four floors of machinery. A large corliss engine ran the mill, belted to the rope drive with a leather belt. I got to see a sawmill powered by a rope drive in Alabama. It was conventional, with the rope wheel being the twin cylinder engine's flywheel. I have a video of it and have to dig it out to look at it again. Brad
Is all that complexity simply for belt tension or is it a torque multiplier some how?
Intrigued!
Rope tensioner. Rope was cheaper than leather belting and didn't have to be re-laced because of stretching. The tensioner could accommodate a lot of stretch. Of course, you needed someone who could make a 10 foot long splice in the rope. A Navy Chief Boatswain's Mate could. One rope drive that I have seen drove a large sawmill in Mississippi. Close to the rope was hanging a wire connected to a cow bell. If the rope started to fray, the frayed piece would hit the wire and ring the bell. Then the Engineer would know there was a problem.